It's only happened a couple of times, but today I went to crank my baby up, and the starter hung and continued to spin the motor even though the key was off. Had to disconnect the battery cable to make it quit.

I replaced the starter 5 months ago, so I doubt it has an internal malfunction, but hey, strange things happen.

Other than the obvious "wiring short" answer, what can cause this?

bad solenoid

the starter is fine... the car is defective. take it back for warranty exchange :D

yuk yuk yuk ;)



Jeff's reply sounds correct ;)

If ya dont take it back for a warranty exchange like Johnny reccomends, keep hammer in car ith you. Everytime it acts up, whack it one real good :D

not a joke, a friend of mine used to carry 4' of 3/4" sc40 PCV in the back of his T'oda pick up... everytime he'd have a starter issue (quite common) he'd pull out the PVC and smack/jab it at the starter a few times and wha-la... it'd start right up. :eek: :D

that guy sure was cheap, drove it like that for a few YEARS before he offed the truck... never did buy a new starter/solenoid :rolleyes:

not a joke, a friend of mine used to carry 4' of 3/4" sc40 PCV in the back of his T'oda pick up... everytime he'd have a starter issue (quite common) he'd pull out the PVC and smack/jab it at the starter a few times and wha-la... it'd start right up. :eek: :D

that guy sure was cheap, drove it like that for a few YEARS before he offed the truck... never did buy a new starter/solenoid :rolleyes:

its a good trick my monte has one in there and so does my nova, just in case, but then agian i love a BIG HAMMER :yes::yes: